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- A woman changes her identity to fight in a Massachusetts regiment of Washington's army in the American Revolution.
- A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.
- When a nurse leaves her job to walk home, a young boy tries to grab her pocketbook, but she wrestles him to the ground, gets her pocketbook back, and drags him to her apartment in a headlock. There she feeds him and teaches him some valuable lessons before sending him home.
- An animated film in which littering busybodies from the city decide that a smiling, upside down possum in the forest is frowning and they try to entertain him at movies and nightclubs in the city.
- A young girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy land of strange characters and ideas.
- No two nations are exactly similar in following any one system of government, either socially, economically, or politically. Therefore the terms capitalism, socialism and communism are general terms, often misunderstood. There are even differences in the popular use of the terms versus their technical meanings. This film explains these terms and presents some history of their results.
- Questions the extent to which sexual stereotypes limit aspirations of females by telling about a girl who is faced with the prejudice of the boys and the route manager when she takes over her brother's paper route.
- A demon creates a mirror that distorts things that are seen in it. After the mirror is shattered, a shard falls to the earth and lands in the eye of a boy called Kay. Kay is later taken by The Snow Queen, which his friend Gerda starts a journey to find and save him.
- First of the Man And the State series, dramatizing the character of Socrates in the context of his 339 B.C.trial, posing questions about if the state has the right to silence individuals.
- Most people around the world seem to have differences in the things and ideas which are important to them. They learn most of these values from the many groups around them: their nation, region, community, family, and finally it's up to them to decide what is important.
- Mary Jo overcomes her shyness and shares something unusual with her classmates.
- Yuji helps his mother at home, and father in forest cutting trees. He wants to be a forester, but when he follows a load of trees to sawmill, and then sees the wood being made into pianos, he wants to become a musician.
- Arthur Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his business partner who ridicules him for keeping his money in his mattress. The Spirit of Banking appears and whisks him away to a contemporary bank. The spirit explains how checking and savings accounts work and that money is loaned out to generate even more wealth. Seeing the error of his ways, Scrooge vows to move his money to a banking institution.
- The Spanish Conquistadores wrote down the history of Peru's ancient civilizations, as told to them by the Inca. But archaeologists found evidence that this "history" was entirely false. Great cultures developed in So. America long before the Inca.
- An introduction to the work of graphic artist M.C. Escher.
- Some of the early ideas in the arts of Japan came from China and Korea. But Japanese artists were also influenced by their beautiful islands and nature, as well as by their religions. Today, even their arts are being influenced by outside cultures, but artists here continue to respect their ancient traditions in all aspects of art, including music and theater.
- Clothing is worn for a variety of reasons, besides just protection. It helps identify our nationality, religion, age group, social level, and personality. This film describes these differences, as well as the materials used, from plants, animals and synthetics, and their creation, both by hand and by mass production.
- An overview of the land, people, agriculture, industries, history, and culture of Japan.
- We divide Asia into five major regions, each very different. Here are the people, the land, agriculture, industry, and culture of these regions.
- The life and economic standards-of-living of people in a one-crop nation (coffee) is compared with those of a nation with a diversified economy.
- The early tribes of Japan were strongly influenced by ancient China. Eventually a closed feudalism developed, which produced a distinctive civilization. Life was controlled by emperors, shogan generals and samurai warriors. Once the nation was forced to open to the "western" world, there were major changes in their technology, and in fact in all aspects of life. This eventually led to a major war, their destruction by atomic bombs, and the need to rebuild. About all that was left was their cultural value of national pride and loyalty.
- Throughout the seas of Southeast Asia, there are nomadic families of the Bajao tribe, who spend their entire lives living on large sailing outrigger canoes. They live off the resources of the ocean and the thousands of small islands in this region. Yet they manage to have developed an interesting culture. We travel with them as they fish, collect sea-shells, trade them for food, cloth, etc. at villages, and join other Bajao families on remote islands for ceremonies.
- After World War-2, little was left of Japan's cities and industries. The nation had very little in natural resources, having to import most of its raw materials, and even food. Yet they rebuilt, developing a thriving industrial and social society so rapidly that they were unable to control problems such as pollution. Eventually this economic "bubble" burst, and it took several years to recover ... mostly by becoming experts in the new "Age of Information Technology". Through all this, they have managed to keep much of their ancient cultural traditions.
- The original peoples who moved into the Americas developed many different cultures, depending on the environment into which they settled. This film is an introduction to these people, their history, customs, and the changes they are now going through.
- Traditional handicrafts in Japan started as the production of needed utencils. Some families shown in this film are now in their 6th or 7th generation of making what have become works of art, mostly using natural materials.
- From the high Andes Mts., across some of the driest deserts to the Pacific Ocean, lie the nations of Equador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile. In this narrow strip, the first settlers, the Amerindians, developed some highly complex civilizations, with organized governments, religions and craft industries. Much of this was destroyed by the European conquistadores, who brought in a new way of life. This film examines this past, as well as the resources and present way of life of the people.
- Colorful and exciting ethnic dances from around the world, usually express the different social and cultural backgrounds of their people.
- We visit each nation of Central America for an overview of the geographic, cultural, and economic similarities and differences of these seven nations.
- Pockets of poor housing can be found in every city of the world. But in the 3rd world it is a serious problem. In this film we follow the daily life of a family in a crowded slum of a typical 3rd world city.
- Selecting 3 totally different environments: Tropical Island (Samoa); Desert (Pakistan), and Mountainous (Japan), we examine the reasons why each has different food, then clothing, and then housing.
- Brazil, South America's largest nation, is mostly tropical, but is becoming one of the most industrialized nations on the continent. This film examines the various lifestyles of the people and their problems, both urban and rural.
- Overview of Central America's history, from Amerindian civilizations to modern nationalism. It covers the domination by Spain, the involvement of the United States; the similarities and differences between each of the 7 nations; the development of their economies, as well as their political, social and religious institutions.
- The Nile, longest river in the world, has for centureis influenced the people of Africa, who had produced one of the greatest of early civilizations. Today, the people here continue to influence this powerful river, which creates a long thin green belt as it flows through the desert of North Africa.
- An overall view of South America ... its people, geography, history, differences and similarities of its various regions.
- For the Eskimo, their housing, clothing, food, customs, arts, all developed from their natural environment. Now this life is being modified from the outside: schools, TV and VCRs, snowplows, airplanes, etc.
- The Choco tribe are one of the few peoples on earth who continue to live their ancient traditional life as hunters-gatherers. This film shows the various ways they procure their food from the natural resources of the rainforest.
- Daily life of a Thai farm family, seen through the experiences of their son, Deely: growing rice, getting water, going to school, shopping in town, etc.
- India, is one of the most heavily populated nations in the world. This film is an introduction to its many diversified cultures, many religions, languages and dialects, with extremes of geography, climate, and of living conditions.
- Food is one of our basic needs, but people around the world eat a variety of foods, prepared in many different ways, and eat them in different ways, at different times. This film shows how different people in different cultures and environments grow, harvest, preserve and prepare their foods.
- An overview of the nations of Eastern Europe which were once part of the "Communist Bloc", introducing the similarities and differences between their resources, histories, economies, and cultures.
- A plains Indian legend of how a starving family, wandering across the snow covered plains, is saved by a mystic warrior who brings them to a spiritual village. They are warned not to break a taboo, but during a ceremony, one of the children breaks the prohibition and dies. However, the aged medicine man performs a ceremony that brings her back to life.
- A plains Indian legend of the problems the Sun Spirit had in creating the first animals, when placing life on this Earth.
- The Cuna Indians live on small islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama. With no resources on their islands, families must paddle or sail their canoes daily to the mainland, to get water in the rivers, and to grow, gather, and hunt for food in the rainforest. They trade coconuts for many of their other needs. The women make their famous "Mola" applique blouses, and earn money by selling some to tourists.
- Between the Andes Mts. and the Atlantic Ocean, lie Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina. All have a Spanish heritage, and speak Spanish. This film is an overview of their economy and culture, much of which is based on their raising of livestock on the pampas grasslands.
- Comparing the northern nations of South America: Colombia and Venezuela, which have a similar and history and language, but have entirely different economies because of their different resources. Also included the neighboring Guanas, which are the only non-Latin nations in South America.